80 CATALOGUE OF 



longi-conicus, 2i quadrante non longior. Antennae sat graciles. 

 Abdomen alas posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes sat robusti ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor raediocriter longis. Alee medio- 

 criter latae, anticse ssepissime testaceae, subacuminatag, maculis 

 ordiuariis nullis, apud costam rectee, margine exteriore subobliquo. 

 Larva cyliudrica, glabra, pallida, per diem latens, multilineata. 

 Pupa terra sepulta. Mas. — Antennse subserratae. Fcem. — Antennae 

 simpliees. 



Leucania, p., Ochs. Syst. Gloss. Schmett. Eur. iv. ; Treits. ; Meig. ; 



Boisd. ; Guenee^ Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 338 ; Noct. i. 69 ; Herr.- 



Schcef. Eur. Schmett. ii. 227. 

 Symira, Calamia, et Leucania, Hiihn. Verz. Schmett. 240, 241. 

 Leucania et Calamia, Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 123, 124. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, pilose, obliquely 

 ascending, extending beyond the head; third joint slender, elon- 

 gate-conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second, or 

 shorter. Antennae rather slender. Abdomen extending more or 

 less beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout; hind tibite with 

 four moderately long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings generally testaceous, straight in front, slightly acuminated at 

 the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border; fourth inierior 

 vein remote from the other three, which are nearly contiguous at 

 the base. Male. — Antennae slightly serrated. Female.— Ai\\.Qm\?e: 

 simple. 



Europe. 



Group 1. 



Alae anticae testaceee, plus minusve vittalae et lineatse, striga 

 aut gutta discali alba. 



Fore wings testaceous or fawn-colour, with more or less stripes 

 and lines, and with a white discal streak or dot. 



Subgroup I. 



Alae anticas subacuminatae, pallide cervinae, vittis cinereis et 

 rufescentibus, gutta discali alba, margine exteriore subobliquo ; pos- 

 ticae albidae. 



Fore wings pale fawn-colour, slightly pointed, very slightly 

 oblique along the exterior border, with grayish and reddish streaks, 

 and with a discal white dot. 



